Snowblind? Or Nearly There?

It's been stop-start, stop-start quite a bit here in the Grand Duchy the last few weeks, meaning that time at the painting desk has been scarce, but I've managed a bit of worn now and then on applying white washes to the coats, breeches, and wastcoats of the first 20 or so figures that will eventually comrise my version of the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment. Here, we see them just after Saturday evening's session concluded, when I finished the last six figures (front rank, furthest to the right).

Not quite happy with the way the drummer's sleeves appear. A bit too might glaring 'Hollywood Smile' white, so those need some more attention, but otherwise they look reasonably good en masse. Must check my to do list, but I think just drum cords, shoulder wings, buttons, and a few other dabs of gold here and there on the tips of scabbards (or sword hilts), and Bob's just about your brother's uncle. A few touch-ups too, but otherwise they're shaping up pretty nicely.

Time to look at the next 20 and bore out the hands of NCOs and standard bearers if memory serves. Some planning for tomorrow's classes and winterizing (re: leaf gathering) flower beds outside, though, so I hope there is a spare hour or so this evening where I actually feel like sitting in the painting chair.

-- Stokes

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A Little More Brushwork. . .

A little more brushwork on the first batch of (my version of) the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment yesterday (Saturday). Taking a different tack this time and addressing many of the details first before the white coats and other larger areas of uniform. The eagle-eyed among you will notice that I've painted the (dark) red stocks of the enlisted men. Always a difficult and frustrating item to paint, it made sense to paint from the inside out as it were and get that particular detail out of the way first rather than try to paint it in later after much other painting has been accomplished. Trying to reduce the need for later retouching of other items on the figures you understand. Hopefully, I will be able to get back to these later today after a second trip back to the Apple Store for help with a couple of new iPad issues and, following the return home, some revision of Google Slides for tomorrow's meetings with my students. -- Stokes P.S. And according t...

Basic Reds Done at Last. . .

S till quite a way to go with the current batch of 20 human figures and a horse (of course), but they're actually starting to look like something after all of the red distinctions. Quite a bit of painting in hour-long sessions the last week as and when time has allowed. Mostly applying the basic dark red to facing areas and turnbacks followed by the inevitable touch-ups to clean up wobbly edges and those misplaced, minute splotches of Citadel Khorne Red. They're looking like so many Austrian infantry regiments of the era at this point, but the eventual flags will turn them magically into the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment, more or less, of the AWI period. But I'm getting a bit ahead of myself. One frustrating point (ahem) of sad discovery. I've started trying to use those Winsor & Newton 'Series Seven' brushes (#1 rounds) purchased last spring, and the blasted things simply will not keep a point. Very frustrating since I have heard over the y...

It's Early Days Yet. . .

M aking some early progress with Batch A of the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment over the last several days/evenings. Nothing terribly exciting just yet, but the basic black, brown, and flesh areas are done as are the green bases, and gray undercoat. The latter two areas needed some careful retouching early in the week. Next up, the neck stocks. I might just do these in red for the enlisted men although some of my source material suggest they were black, but I always look for an excuse to shake things up a bit. Any errant splotches of red (or black) can be covered with another application of light gray before I move onto the next step. "Giddy up!" as one Cosmo Kramer might have said. -- Stokes

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